PlantsGrasses & Sedges
Feather Reed Grass

Calamagrostis acutiflora
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
Upright grass for a narrow city bed
EasyGrasses & Sedges
- Light
- Full sun–part shade
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 4–5 ft
- Spacing
- 2 ft
- Bloom or harvest
- Plumes Jun–winter
- How it spreads
- Perennial clump
- What to buy
- Plants. Karl Foerster is the usual one.
- When to plant
- Plant May or September.
In the design
Cut to the ground in early April. It stays a clump. Not a native.




